Well it was the era of McCarthyism when the US basically was paranoid of Communism and deported anyone who was a little different out of fear of communism.
Important Historic and Cultural Events
1950 - Pres. Harry Truman ( 'til 1952) approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea in June.
1951 - Transcontinental television begins with a speech by Pres. Truman.
1953 - 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower is president.
1952 - The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 removes racial and ethnic barriers to becoming a U.S. citizen. In Russia a large earthquake destroyed kamchatka
1953 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are electrocuted for their part in W.W.II espionage.
1953 - Fighting ends in Korea.
1954 - U. S. Senator Joseph McCarthy begins televised hearings into alleged Communists in the army.
1954 - Racial segregation is ruled unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge making the new AFL-CIO an organization with 15 million members.
also in 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio
1956 - The Federal Highway Act is signed, marking the beginning of work on the interstate highway system.
1958 - Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite, successfully orbits the earth.
1958 - The first domestic jet-airline passenger service is begun by National Airlines between New York City and Miami.
1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html accessed 17/10/08
Well it was the era of McCarthyism when the US basically was paranoid of Communism and deported anyone who was a little different out of fear of communism.
Important Historic and Cultural Events
1950 - Pres. Harry Truman ( 'til 1952) approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea in June.
1951 - Transcontinental television begins with a speech by Pres. Truman.
1953 - 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower is president.
1952 - The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 removes racial and ethnic barriers to becoming a U.S. citizen.
1953 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are electrocuted for their part in W.W.II espionage.
1953 - Fighting ends in Korea.
1954 - U. S. Senator Joseph McCarthy begins televised hearings into alleged Communists in the army.
1954 - Racial segregation is ruled unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge making the new AFL-CIO an organization with 15 million members.
also in 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio
1956 - The Federal Highway Act is signed, marking the beginning of work on the interstate highway system.
1958 - Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite, successfully orbits the earth.
1958 - The first domestic jet-airline passenger service is begun by National Airlines between New York City and Miami.
1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html accessed 17/10/08
As of 2011 the American economy is better than the Mexican economy. However.... The Mexican Economy has the potential to surpass the American economy. In 2010: the American Economy grew: 2.9% the Mexican Economy grew: 5.3%
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U.S.A is a Market Economy Canada is a Mixed Economy Whoo Hoo!
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The plural of fifty is fifties. As in "the fifties were a good decade".
No. It was a good deal for British merchants and manufacturers but it had no advantage for the American colonists.
As of 2011 the American economy is better than the Mexican economy. However.... The Mexican Economy has the potential to surpass the American economy. In 2010: the American Economy grew: 2.9% the Mexican Economy grew: 5.3%
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The singular of "fifties" is "fifty."
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Though the craftsmanship of an item made in Korea may be good, it's not good for the American economy to purchase goods made overseas.
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The Roaring Fifties was created in 1983.
The Fifties - book - was created in 1993.